As COVID-19 cases rise, U.S. leaders enact new restrictions

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<p><a href="https://apple.news/Asj_IK1ZfTR6wa2dgomE6pQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CBS</a> provides an overview of some of the coronavirus-related restrictions announced by state and local leaders this week. And the <a href="https://apple.news/A8y_MJIH8SkOuo4fpaINtqw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports that, as escalating outbreaks threaten to overwhelm hospitals across the country, Republican governors are among those implementing stricter public-health measures.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AE1ib4B-YSdWV5vC3YKr6Kw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">PBS Newshour</a> spoke with former national security adviser H.R. McMaster about the Trump administration&rsquo;s announcement that it is to reduce U.S. troop numbers in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia. And the <a href="https://apple.news/A_VWWmLlRRTiNV3xVXH8eIA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">L.A. Times</a> spoke with young Afghans who have only known their country with an American military presence, and worry a withdrawal will mean the return of Taliban rule.</p> <p>Jill Lepore writes for the <a href="https://apple.news/AMv0uSJXGRIulvC5cSIb15w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a> about how U.S. presidents have avoided making some of their papers and files public record &mdash; and what we might be able to expect from the current president.</p> <p>Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov was consulted with for Netflix show <em>The Queen&rsquo;s Gambit</em>. He talks with <a href="https://apple.news/A9FbCk7LfRkiRu7Z7GXseLw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Slate</a> about what the show got right.</p>